Friday, 7 October 2016

Altered Paintbrush - Joanne Bain

Hello!!

Joanne here with you today my altered paintbrush. For this one I was so inspired by this months Dusty moodboard colours again. Honestly with this one I just allowed my creative freedom to flow. I am a very fussy scrapper and am not happy with my projects until I feel everything is in place and I can honestly say now I think it is...lol.

So this is my paintbrush...

'Dream'

Buckets loads of Dusty dimension, just the way I like it!

I water distressed and pulled apart the layers of some of the chipboard, while with others I left totally natural. Most of the chipboard was given a really good inking with dark brown ink.

To create the gorgeous shimmery blue and brown I used some of the gorgeuos Finnabair Mica Powders mixed with gel medium.

To add extra texture I added lots of neutral coloured cotton thread and then added just a touch of lovely vibrant blue thread to tie it all in. I added a little frayed cheesecloth to the background as well.

I topped the brush off by layering some Finnabair Grungy Butterflies and then added a Dusty title which I left in its natural state.

To finish my brush off I added a sprinkling of micro beads and some of the super cute Dusty Mini Butterflies.